The food additive calcium disodium EDTA (calcium disodium ethylene-diaminetetraacetate) may be safely used in designated foods for the purposes and in accordance with the conditions prescribed, as follows:

(a) The additive contains a minimum of 99 percent by weight of either the dihydrate C10H12O8N2CaNa2.2H2O or the trihydrate C10H12O8N2CaNa2.3H2O, or any mixture of the two.

(b) It is used or intended for use as follows:

(1) Alone, in the following foods at not to exceed the levels prescribed, calculated as the anhydrous compound:

Food

Limitation (parts per million)

Use

Cabbage, pickled

220

Promote color, flavor, and texture retention.

Canned carbonated soft drinks

33

Promote flavor retention.

Canned white potatoes

110

Promote color retention.

Clams (cooked canned)

340

Promote color retention.

Crabmeat (cooked canned)

275

Retard struvite formation; promote color retention.

Cucumbers pickled

220

Promote color, flavor, and texture retention.

Distilled alcoholic beverages

25

Promote stability of color, flavor, and/or product clarity.

Dressings, nonstandardized

75

Preservative.

Dried lima beans (cooked canned)

310

Promote color retention.

Egg product that is hard-cooked and consists, in a cylindrical shape, of egg white with an inner core of egg yolk